I know this makes me sound like

[ashling]

a whiner and general all around looser (and I'm open to that possibility), but nobody replies to my posts. :nopity:
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:cry: :cry: :cry:

OK, I'm done
:toast:

[LastKnight]

1. me either...

but i guess i just proved you wrong...

-LK

[ashling]

5. You too.

[rumguy]

2. it happens to all of us

just keep posting

[Djinn]

3. the cheaters way around it

is to post anything about abortion or religion - those threads never seem to end.

Or something completely partisan in the I/P - but it's not really fun for the faint hearted down there!

[Syrinx]

4. try posting something offensive to Democratic sensibilities.

:D

[ashling]

8. are you suggesting that I post something

morally offensive solely in order to feed my own egotistical desire to recieve tons and tons of attention?:evilgrin:

I'll consider it

NOT
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:dem:

[Syrinx]

14. not at all

But I've noticed if I post an opinion that is not in line with liberal orthodoxy, I get lots of replies. :)

[ashling]

16. just joking.

I guess I could put a avatar of Bear Bryant on my post. When I went to school in Mississippi that was enough to start a riot.

[Donkeyboy75]

6. Yeah, but if you look at threads, most posts aren't replied to.

Just keep on postin' and a some point you'll get into a back and forth. Welcome, BTW. :hi:

[HEyHEY]

7. You know why? Because DU is a cliquey place - not in a bad way

Ya see, when I'm crusing GD or the Lounge.. many times I look for the post of people I know. So, I'll scan the names and see say, Gopis evil and click on that post. You're new here...so you don't know many folks yet. Once you do, you'll get lots of repsonse.

Course I could be wrng.

[strategery blunder]

11. I go by subject line

Funny how we keep running into each other on the hockey threads, isn't it?:)

Edit: Do you recognize my screename yet?

[Ladyhawk]

9. Post something controversial.

Or something that centers on other people's likes and dislikes. People love to talk about themselves.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Try pictures of your cats

or SUV bashing. Works every time.

[jean]

12. haha - I go by subject line as well. I'll look for your posts, ashling!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Do you mean posts or threads?

It's a good idea to keep threads kicked, though there've been a couple I really worked hard on and basically ended up talking only to myself. I'm sure there must be a psychoogical term for this; but I don't know what it is.

As far as posts within someone else's thread, there's not much you can do other than whine. Want some music fo the pity party? :nopity:

[ashling]

15. I was talking about posta within threads, but I've

had a lot of threads die.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Kick your threads...

As to posts, I have the same problem. The only thing I can suggest is that when people DO reply to your threads, respond to their reply.

My observation has been that people who reply to "What's your favorite _____" posts are more interested in relating their feelings than they are in responding to others' feelings.

You should understand, however, that this doesn't mean your reply hasn't been read and appreciated. In the real world, when someone offers a well-thought opinion, the listener can indicate his appreciation with a mere nod of the head or a smile or a "mmmhmm".

In cyberspace it takes much longer, and thus the most clever posts often go unacknowledged.

:hug: You're not alone!

[saracat]

17. Me too.

And what really pisses me off is when the well written, clever ones are ignored and people reply to my inanities!

[Dees]

18. Ask a question

You've got 46,000 opinions here.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

19. Well its better than being a thread killer like I am .

I have killed more threads than I can imagine but I still continue to post . I am still new here myself . I only have around 680 something posts . Registered in 0ctober 2003 , normally someone would be around 1000+ posts by that time but not I . Despite it all , I see a lot of great people in the DU Lounge . Give it time , get comfy , you will have friends before you know it . Hey count me as one :)

[Donkeyboy75]

23. Hey, I've been here almost two years

and still am in triple digits. My comfort zone took awhile to attain.

[Bertha Venation]

20. nah, neither a whiner nor a loser

Some things just don't get folks' attention. I started a new thread similar to one I put up a month or so ago. That one was very popular -- the new one? No hits yet. But I expect that today; everyone's checking in to see the march photos.

Hang in there, ashling. :hi:

[ashling]

21. and then you can always post a

pathetic :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce::bounce: :bounce:
cry for attention like this.

Thanks yall.

[Loonman]

22. What's a "looser"?

Looser?

[Blue-Jay]

25. It's the opposite of "tighter", ya big silly!

Must be some kind of new kid-slang. Damn kids..... grumblegrumblegrumble.

[Canuckistanian]

26. Ya need one o' these pics